This resource is a four page PDF document containing four designs to be used for title pages for a unit on Gold and The Eureka Stockade. Three of the title pages are for Gold / Gold Rush and one is for The Eureka Stockade. Students can either colour the worksheet and glue it into their book or place it underneath the page and trace the design, then colour their work. The title pages are suitable for A4 workbooks but of course can easily be reduced or enlarged on the photocopier to suit the size of other workbooks. This document was written to use with the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Meet… Ned Kelly by Janeen Brian and Matt Adams. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary activities (rhyming words and contractions). There is also a making connections task, a cause and effect activity and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about Ned Kelly. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document featuring 4 puzzles for students about Australian bushrangers. These puzzles are a fun way of reinforcing learning. There are 4 different puzzles and 4 answer sheets for teachers. The puzzles would be great to use as an activity to reinforce learning or as a fun homework task. They could even be used as motivational activities for students to work on if they complete other work quickly. The puzzles are: Easy Threesy Puzzle - Students have to solve clues, all of which are nine letter words. These words are solved by putting together three letter combinations to solve the puzzle. Synonym Puzzle - Students think of a synonym for the words given that relate to bushrangers Can You Match the Face to the Name? Puzzle - Students match names of the bushrangers to their photos or likenesses. Fill-In Puzzle - Using words that relate to bushrangers, students fill in the puzzle sheet so that all of the words fit. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book The Little Wooden Horse by Mark Wilson. This document contains seven worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions and language / vocabulary activities. There is also a mapping activity, a research activity and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about the First Fleet. This book is an excellent resource to use for a unit on the First Fleet as the story is about the journey of the First Fleet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Never Lose Hope - The story of Australia’s first school by Mark Wilson. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, vocabulary and writing activities. There are 6 worksheets included. This text is an excellent book to use to support a unit of work on: The First Fleet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a four page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book A Day To Remember - The Story of Anzac Day by Jackie French and illustrated by Mark Wilson. There are three worksheets for students in this resource. The worksheets include comprehension questions about the book that focus on Anzac Day and why we celebrate it. The first three pages are for student use and the last page is an answer page for the teacher. This book is an excellent resource to use to teach students about the Anzac soldiers and what happened at Gallipoli. It also includes information about other wars or missions Australian soldiers have been involved in. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Message in a Sock by Kaye Baillie and Narelda Joy. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary activities (compound words and conjunctions). There are also two activities which use graphic organisers and questions about the illustrations in the book. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Meet… Weary Dunlop by Claire Saxby and Jeremy Lord. There are six activities to do with the book. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension and vocabulary activities plus a timeline activity. This book is an excellent resource to use when teaching a unit about World War 2 / Second World War. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a eight page PDF document featuring 4 puzzles for students which are based on the events of the Eureka Stockade. These puzzles are a fun way of reinforcing learning. There are 4 different puzzles and 4 answer sheets for teachers. The puzzles would be great to use as an activity in literacy groups or as a fun homework task. They could even be used as motivational activities for students to work on if they complete other work quickly. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a five page PDF document containing a ten question multiple-choice quiz based on the events of the Eureka Stockade. It has been designed to work with our The Eureka Stockade Story and Worksheets - Gold Rush - Australian History resource. This quiz can be administered normally, as a pencil and paper test. Likewise, this test can also be used with an app called iDoceo Grade Scanner that is available for purchase on the Apple App Store. This app allows time-poor teachers to save hours marking as the grade scanner will do the marking for you. Instructions on how to use this quiz with iDoceo Grade Scanner are included in this resource. This resource would be an excellent formative assessment tool for use during a history unit on the early explorers of Australia. This test would provide the teacher with a good understanding of whether students have understood the events of the Eureka Stockade before moving the class on to the next part of the unit. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a eight page PDF document about the events on the Victorian goldfields leading up to and including the Eureka Stockade battle. The first two pages contain the information of the story of the Eureka Stockade. There are also five activity pages / worksheets included in this resource. The last page of this resource includes relevant answers for the teacher. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. It is an excellent resource to help students understand why the Eureka Stockade is considered the birthplace of Australian democracy. This resource is also very helpful if students are studying the Australian Gold Rush. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a two page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book The Eureka Stockade by Alan Boardman and illustrated by Roland Harvey. The first page features comprehension questions and a fact matching activity. The second page is a sequencing activity of the events based on the information provided in the book. This book is an excellent resource to use when learning about the Eureka Stockade. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a five page PDF document containing a ten question multiple-choice quiz based on the voyage of Captain Cook. This quiz can be administered normally, as a pencil and paper test. Likewise, this test can also be used with an app called iDoceo Grade Scanner that is available for purchase on the Apple App Store. This app allows time-poor teachers to save hours marking as the grade scanner will do the marking for you. Instructions on how to use this quiz with iDoceo Grade Scanner are included in this resource. This resource would be an excellent formative assessment tool for use during a history unit on the early explorers of Australia. This test would provide the teacher with a good understanding of whether students have understood the events of Cook’s Endeavour voyage before moving the class on to the next part of the unit. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Sailing the Unknown - Around the World with Captain Cook by Michael J. Rosen and Maria Cristina Pritelli. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, a timeline task and vocabulary activities. There is also a fill-in puzzle. There are 6 worksheets included plus a page with answers to the fill-in puzzle for the teacher. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document with activities to do based on the book This is Captain Cook by Tania McCartney and Christina Booth. This resource contains five worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, a sequencing task and vocabulary activities. There is also a QR code activity where students watch a brief video on Cook’s Endeavour journal and answer questions. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Excuse Me Captain Cook - Who did discover Australia? by Michael Salmon. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, timeline and mapping activities. There is also a QR code activity that takes students to a video about Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document containing three designs to be used for title pages for a unit on Australian bushrangers. The first two designs are about ‘Bushrangers’ and the third design is about ‘Ned Kelly’. There are three different layouts. All of the designs are in black and white and also in colour so that teachers can choose which one they would like to use. The title pages are suitable for A4 workbooks but of course can easily be reduced or enlarged on the photocopier to suit the size of other workbooks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book City of Light by Julia Lawrinson, Heather Potter and Mark Jackson. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a word detective activity, two graphic organiser tasks (Venn diagram and Y-chart) plus a research worksheet and a writing activity. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Rudolf Nureyev by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Eleonora Arosio. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and timeline activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. There is also a teacher answer sheet for the timeline activity. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Simone de Beauvoir by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Christine Roussey. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.